York Stadium will host the meet in August.
Canada to the rescue! The NCCWMA regional masters championships will be held in Toronto, taking over at the last minute from Juarez, Mexico,
which bailed last week. Official word on the rescue came Thursday morning via
Doug “Shaggy” Smith, the camera-toting, steeplechase-running president of
Ontario Masters Athletics. Doug writes: “The NCCWMA Executive contacted me last week [
about April 5, the day I posted about Juarez] I guess when they received word about Juarez, to see if we could add the event to our existing Canadian [Masters] Championships. I had to check with my Ontario Masters Board first, to see if we would be willing to take on the responsibility on such short notice. Once that was cleared, I had to check with the Canadian Masters Board to see if they were willing to have the NCCWMA meet piggy-back with their championships. They were very enthusiastic about the prospect — as we have had successful co-meets three times in the past.” The WMA regional will be held August 11-13, 2017, at York Lions Stadium in Toronto, a venue for 2020 worlds. Details on WMA regionals
will be on this site, launched early Thursday morning. Many thanks to Doug (who will be meet director) and his countrymen for doing this! Are y’all going? (It’s a month after USATF masters nationals.)
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Many thanks to our neighbors to the north for stepping up to the plate. You can always count on the Canadians.
Thank you Doug “Shaggy” Smith, the Ontario Masters Athletics, the Canadian Masters Board, and the city of Tornoto for agreeing to host the NCCWMA.
I think that Christa Bortignon was prescient in her analysis of having the Canadian and the NCCWMA Championships together. My wife and I look forward to seeing her there running and jumping.
The Canadians have proven to be a class act, and I look forward to a great championships in Toronto.
Terrific and quick work done by Shaggy and his colleagues. Much appreciation from your friends south of your border. Now it’s time for the NCCWMA website to be updated with the news so friends south of our border know about the new venue.
wonderful news – and we can all see the site for the 202) WMA meet. The timing is great for me – the last of my family summer visitors leave on Aug 10th.
Will anybody in Toronto let me practice my Spanish??
Woody, hopefully there will be a contingent from Mexico there that you can practice with.
Meet registration is now open here:
https://www.trackie.com/online-registration/event/nccwma-canadian-masters-championships/15598/
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